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Originally Posted by katoranger
Need to research the thermo king options.
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The early Thermo King reefers use a 4 cylinder Mercedes Diesel that was found in the 100 series cars from the 60's. It was "tricked out" with a huge oil pan (8 gallons), and 2 huge oil filters, for almost non-stop running between services. In the late 70's the injection pumps were made in Japan under Bosch license, until the middle 80's where the entire units started being made in Japan under license, it was at this time I started noticing aluminum blocks (probably with steel dry liners).
Carrier reefers have always used Kubota (Japan) diesel engines.
The trick is going to be locating a 100 series Mercedes car from the 60's for the transmission (auto, or standard) that, combined with the flywheel, and starter, will give you a package to install.
Horsepower is around 40.